Books of interest about Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley and Springfield.

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Product Description

The classic study of gravestone art.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #632234 in Books
• Published on: 2000-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 532 pages

Review
"The classic exemplar of the method of looking at icons on gravestones and relating them to religious texts in an effort to reveal their meaning was perfected by Allan Ludwig in his Graven Images, first published in 1966...This edition provides the young scholar with a time-tested model of scholarship and analysis and the seasoned scholar with new reflections on old work." --Journal of American Folklore

Review
"A big, superbly printed collection . . . To leaf through this book is to confront a vanished community trying to make sense of itself through art." (Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone )

From the Publisher
7 3/4 x 10 trim. 505 illus. 4 figs. 16 maps. LC 99-43590

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Customer Reviews

A Resource on Colonial Visual Art
Particularly striking are the many plates which provide a rare insight into the artistic notions of a culture that generally frowned on decoration. As a document on early American notions of form, the books holds its own with the best studies of architecture, pottery and antiques that I have seen.